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F. MYERS.

BARREL READING MACHINE.

N0. 328,965. Patented 0013.27, 1885.

WITNESSES- PATENT OFFICE.

FREDERICK MYERS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BARREL-HEAD ING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,965, dated October 27, 1885. Application filed January 8, 1885. Serial No. 152,273. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: 7

Be it known that I, FREDERICK lVIYERS, a citizen of the United States, residing at New York, in the county and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in BarrelHeading Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My improved barrel-heading machine consists of a bedplate on which to set the barrel and having hooked arms to swing over the end of the barrel and hold it in position while the head is being forced into the end of the barrel,

together with a stand surrounded by the bar rel while in the position for heading, the top of which serves as a stop to prevent the head from being forced in past the croze-groove, which is liable to occur if the trusshoops are a little slack. The table also prevents the barrel-forms from collapsing and falling down, all as hereinafter fully described, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, in which- Y Figure 1. is a plan view of my improved machine, with a barrel in position and having the head fitted in; and-Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the machine, with a barrel in sectional elevation.

On any suitable bed-plate, a, and preferabl y of circular form, I arrange a vertical shaft, b, rat the center,by setting it upright in a boss, 0, of the bed-plate, and on the top of this shaft I fit a circular table, d, by an internally-screwthreaded socket, e, fitted to screw up and down on the shaft and having a set-screw,f, to make the table fast at any position to which it may be set to adapt it to the height of the barrel. A screw-threaded bearing-plate may be fitted in a recess in the inside wall of the socket e, to be interposed between the point of the screw and the threads of the shaft b to prevent the screw f from indenting the threads of the shaft; or any other approved means may be employed for protecting the threads of the screw.

On the margin of the bed-plate a, I pivot three or more arms, 9, by means of lugs h and pivots t, which arms are located at equal distances apart and extend upward and termimate with a hook end, a, adapted to hook over the upper end of the barrels to hold them in place while the heads are being forced in. Said arms also have a toe-1ug,j, at the lower end, adapted to rest on the surface-0f the bed plate and hold the arms up when swung back from the barrel a little beyond the vertical line, to allow the headed barrel to be removed, where said arms are to be supported in a position from which they can be quickly closed on the barrels when placed in position for heading.- The barrel-forms of staves are very liable to collapse when the heads are being put in without any means of preventing the collapse, particularly if the truss-hoops are a little slack, and the hoops must not be tight ened too much, otherwise the heads cannot be forced in without danger of splitting pieces off the heads. It will be seen that the table d is also a means of preventing the collapse of the barrel, as well as to gage the headsk when properly entered between the ends of the staves Z to the croze-grooves m. The heads is may be pressed in with the hands or hammered in with a mallet. The table may be used without the hooked arms; but they serve a good purpose in holding the barrels down evenly all around and prevent them from rising higher in some parts than in others by any cast or twist the barrel-forms may get in handling or in the pressing on of the trusshoops.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination ofthe hook-arms g, pivoted on the base a, supporting-shaft b, centrally mounted on said base, and the gagetable 01, fitted adjustably on said shaft, substantially as described.

2. The combination of hook-arms g, pivoted on the base a and having toesj, supporting-shaft b, centrally mounted on said base, and the gagetable d, fitted adjustably on said shaft, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

FREDERICK MYERS.

Witnesses:

W. J. MORGAN, S. H. MORGAN. 

